Terry Pratchett Quotes

The unknown always passes for the marvellous.

It's still magic even if you know how it's done.

The mystery was gone but the amazement was just starting.

It doesn't stop being magic just because you know how it works.

Look at this life - all mystery and magic.

Magicians lose the opportunity to experience a sense of wonder.

What I do is create an aura of mystery.

Well, I also love magic, which is, you know, different than showmanship. Magic's an art where you use slight of hand or illusion to create wonder.

I think that the ideal space must contain elements of magic, serenity, sorcery and mystery.

I've always been so attracted to magic.

I love the unexplainable. It would be so boring to me if everything could be explained.

Magic is not about having a puzzle to solve. It's about creating a moment of awe and astonishment. And that can be a beautiful thing.

There's a lot of magic in science, so to speak.

It’s in the very trickery that it pleases me. But show me how the trick is done, and I have lost my interest therein.

Secrets make for good drama, and revealing the hidden truths and contradictions of life is, for me, one of the most exciting aspects of making movies.

We also maintain - again with perfect truth - that mystery is more than half of beauty, the element of strangeness that stirs the senses through the imagination.

We are suffocated by writers who want to enlighten us with their truths. For me, the theatre is beautiful because it is a secret, and secrets seduce us, we all want to share secrets.

Of course, in all magic tricks there's a secret.

I can write, He floated up to the ceiling, and a baby rabbit came out of his pocket, grew wings, and flew away. And you will believe that it really happened. That's magic, isn't it?

You always admire what you really don't understand.

Part of show business is magic. You don't know how it happens.

Magic's an art where you use slight of hand or illusion to create wonder. And I was just intrigued with that idea.

But the whole idea of the transformation... mystery, transformation, and manipulations - those were the things that Marcel was a magician at. That's his magic.

I am a great admirer of mystery and magic. Look at this life - all mystery and magic.

The magic of creation has always fascinated me.